Boycott Everything? How to Avoid Supporting Oppressors - Maulana Syed Muhammad Rizvi

- Dealing with Israeli products and corporations
- Discussing an example from Ayatullah Sistani's website regarding a relevant fatwa.
- The concept of "اعانة الطلمة" (helping the oppressors) in Shi'a fiqh.
- Doing business or supporting businesses via spending, with those involving helping oppressors is forbidden (major sin).
- Qur'anic verse: "Do not be inclined towards those who are unjust; otherwise the Fire will get you." (11:113)
- Selling arms, ammunition, or apparatus of oppression to oppressive governments is haram, even Muslim ones.
- Dealing with companies effectively supporting Israel is haram.
- A relevant story of Safwãn al-Jammãl, a companion of the Sixth and Seventh Shī‘ī Imams, and his business dealings with Hãrũn ar-Rashīd, the ‘Abbãsid caliph

Thursday Night Majlis
October 26th, 2023